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Examples Of Evil In The Diary Of Anne Frank

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The Holocaust was a period approximately in the same period of the Nazi Party’s power in Germany, and around the length of World War II. It began with just a simple persecution of a minority, but eventually in the later stages of the war it became something much more horrific and detestable. The Nazi Party sent Jews from all of Europe that it controlled into brutal death camps to be exterminated in one of the most bone-chillingly effective attempts at exterminating a people in all of human history. The dehumanized people in those camps died en masse, and the Jewish people are still recovering from the effects of this genocide. In the utterly grave situation during the Holocaust that people found themselves in, it is ironic that this was how …show more content…

As an example, if Adolf Hitler had not had the same experience in World War I, perhaps the Nazi Party would not have risen to power and the Holocaust kick-started? But this is a broad example, and the Holocaust itself has several examples of both good and evil coming into shape gradually. In the Diary of Anne Frank, Anne starts out as an impetuous young girl, but by the end of her experience during the Holocaust, she has grown tremendously. This growth is not sudden, but there are a few important examples of this growth in her story. A contrasting example of evil coming into shape gradually is the weak self-centered man of Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank. The generosity of Anne’s father Otto Frank allows him an opportunity to survive (Act I, scene ii, l. 305-308 (516)), but throughout the story he grows more and more abrasive and selfish, and the experience molds him into a more villainous role than a heroic one. This culminates in him being so inconsiderate enough to steal and eat a large portion of the food ration, (Act II, scene iii, l. 853-857 (558)) and this finally results in his family being cast out of the hiding

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